Schinnen (; li, Sjènne ) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in the province of Limburg, the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It is home to

US Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby

Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS) is a NATO command with its headquarters at Brunssum, the Netherlands. It was established in 2004 from previous commands as part of NATO's continuing command structure reductions in the face of a then-dim ...

. It is also the location of

Alfa Brewery Alfa Brewery (Alfa Brouwerij) is a family-owned independent brewery located in Schinnen, the Netherlands. Alfa was started in 1870 by Joseph Meens and is one of the few independent breweries left in the Province of Limburg. Availability Unti ...

, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring. In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen.

Cities and towns

Amstenrade Amstenrade is a village in the municipality of Beekdaelen, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km northwest of Heerlen. The Amstenrade Castle is located in the village. History The village was first mentioned in 1274 as Anstenroden, a ...

Doenrade Doenrade is a village in the southern Dutch province of Limburg. Historically its name has also been spelled Dudenrode and Doenradt and was along a main trade route between Germany and southern Limburg. Until 1982 it was a part of the municipalit ...

* Oirsbeek * Puth *Schinnen * Sweikhuizen

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Schinnen, June 2015''

Notable people

Hans Erkens Hans Erkens (born 14 July 1952) is a former Dutch footballer who played for AFC Ajax (July 1976–June 1979). Erkens was born in Schinnen Schinnen (; li, Sjènne ) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, the Netherla ...

(born 1952),

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the ...

footballer *

Frans Körver Frans Körver (born 31 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager. Career During the 1980s and 1990s, Körver guided five Dutch league teams to six promotions from the Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, Fir ...

(born 1937), footballer * Henk van der Linden (1925–2021), film director * G. M. Nijssen (born 1938), computer scientist *

Henri Ritzen Henri Ritzen (21 May 1892 – 8 April 1976) was a Dutch painter. He is chiefly known for painting landscapes and religious scenes. Biography Ritzen took lessons at the ''School voor Beeldende Kunsten'' in Roermond and at the ''Middelbare Kunstn ...

(1892–1976), painter *

Theo Rutten Frans Jozef Theo Rutten (15 September 1899 in Schinnen – 21 April 1980 in Lopik) was a Dutch politician and minister for the Catholic People's Party. Rutten was from 1931 professor of psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, ...

(1899–1980), politician and minister

References

External links

* Beekdaelen South Limburg (Netherlands) Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{LimburgNL-geo-stub